DartStock wrote on October 27, 2009 09:42 AM: Sen. Mark Amodei did nothing for teachers who retired prior to 1994. One who taught 30 years receives only 15 years credit for health insurance. He chaired the committee. When it's primary time, my suggestion is not to mark Mark.

Sgt Friday wrote on October 16, 2009 04:51 PM: Good for you Virgil I know you from the Army Reserves, you are a real citizen to be so concerned about the proper naming of a field for veterans and then the board deciding to change it.

I know one thing they will not get away with this.... They will begin to pay attention to veterans when the Marines land at the headshed board
meeting room and confront these morons about these policies. Marines are not going to take this laying down...


Any one of these brainless board members believes they can successfully run for another political office are in a marijuana induced fantacy dream...no way Jose or Chiquita! It ain't gonna happen.....

The Marines and other vet groups will be on your backs like stink on a skunk...

IndyMac Victim wrote on October 16, 2009 04:45 PM: Apparently IndyMac was being run by a den of thieves before the FDIC seized them.

I hope the fools who bought that bank from the FDIC got it cheap enough to payout this class action suit.

Captain Marvel wrote on October 16, 2009 03:14 PM: The CCSD School Board continues to thumb its nose at its own operating rules, policies and procedures while igrnoring the tenets of the Nevada Open Meeting Law.

How can the district change the name of anything like a football stadium without first 1) public announcement and notice; 2) discussion by the full board; 3) publid input 4)follow up investigation, evaluation,etc.?

This board of dummies does whatever it wants whenever it wants becuse it regards the public as very stupid, uninformed and noncaring.

When will this inistance on power for them be ended? It is all about them and their power to make the decisions whehter the public likes them or not.

These female bridge club queens never give up on trying to control everything in the CCSD...its about power and its about them!

CCSD Brd Trstees = a88holes! wrote on October 16, 2009 10:53 AM: When do we get to kick these morons out?

Abolish_public_education wrote on October 16, 2009 09:23 AM: Now the school board of trustees stabbed the Vets in the back again.

Yesterday's RJ had a featured story about Nevada students scoring poorly (RJ cheered an "improvement"!) in standardized math/reading tests. Nobody cares. But, woe! If the Board betrays Vets, or threatens to impose football user fees or cancel a controversial student musicial, people go BALLISTIC.

Public education is a *political* institution.

Virgil A. Sestini wrote on October 16, 2009 09:03 AM: The original name for the football field was dedicated as 'Veterans Field'. It was part of the compromise made with veterans groups over the original school name request of Veterans Memorial High School.

True to form, the school district has made an abrupt and permanent change to this name that was to be enshrined as 'Veterans Field' in perpetuity. So much for promises to veterans 20+ years ago. The rules for school naming are never followed and easily changed as long as it suits the whim of the board or the school naming committee. Sheila Moulton is a major conspirator in changing the naming policy.

While naming a football field for a distinguished coach is honorable it should not be made as a spur of the moment decision that violates established district protocol and policies. Terry Janison is the trustee representing this area and it is evident she has given tacit approval to this replacement naming of 'Veterans Field' to 'Greg Spencer Field'.

This board continues to violate its own policies and has once again violated the Nevada Open Meeting Law with this latest policy change. Repercussions from this could lead to another law suit against the CCSD Board of School Trustees.

Dennis Ellestad wrote on October 16, 2009 08:36 AM: Cimarron-Memorial High School's original name was Veterans Memorial. The board decided to honor the vets by naming the field at Cimarron Memorial High Shool, Veterans Field. Now the school board of trustees stabbed the Vets in the back again. Lets not teach our kids patriotism.

Too_many_RINOs wrote on October 16, 2009 08:29 AM: Former state Sen. Bob Beers .. Republican U.S. Senate candidates Sue Lowden and Mark Amodei.

A BIG government trifecta.

Observer wrote on October 16, 2009 06:42 AM: When I read how his attorney described Chambliss at his sentencing,I was hoping to hear the other side. He was simply an opportunist who used his positions for his own enrichment. With a no-show city job where funds were misappropriated, county awarded concessions at the airport, and consulting agreements with a certain commissioner, Chambliss somehow managed to be home in the middle of the day. Yet no one dared question it for fear of being called racist. 4 years was far too long to wait for justice.

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